Step 5
STEP 5 is programming software for the programmable logic controllers Simatic S5 from Siemens . Siemens discontinued this software on October 1, 2005 because the Simatic S5 is no longer being developed. The successor control is the Simatic S7 with the programming software STEP 7 .
With STEP 5, user programs can be created for all Simatic S5 automation devices. Functionality:
- Programming in the languages contact plan (KOP), function plan (FUP) according to DIN 40700 and instruction list (AWL) according to DIN 19239 .
- User interface according to SAA standard
- Network capability on Novell basis
STEP 5 is available in two versions:
- STEP 5 / ST basic package for PGs and PCs for programming, testing, documenting, commissioning and for automatic documentation of S5 programs for the automation devices S5-90U, S5-95 / U / F, S5-100U, S5-101U, S5 -115U / H / F, S5-135U, S5-150U and S5-155U / H.
- STEP / ST for small controls for PC; STEP 5 / ST for small controllers is specially tailored to the programming of the S5-90U, S5-95U / F and S5-100U small controllers. Only the following software packages can run: GRAPH Mini, COM IP 266, COM 95F, COM DG1, COM 521 BASIC. All other COM packages and option packages cannot be used.
Components of the programming software
Due to the limited hardware resources of programming devices (PG) and PCs at the time, the STEP 5 software is divided into individual packages. These are loaded into the main memory by the S5 command interpreter (S5-KOMI) if they are required.
Components of the basic package
- LAD, FBD, STL
- The user program is written with this package. You can switch between the different programming languages of the program during processing. The full range of functions can only be used in STL , as certain functions can not be represented in LAD and FBD .
- QL, COMPARISON, UMV
-
- QL - Used to create a cross-reference list; this shows where an operand is used.
- COMPARISON - Compare programs and blocks.
- UMV function for rewiring the operands. This function saves and changes the addresses of operands.
- EPROM / EEPROM
- The EPROM or EEPROM memory modules used in S5 controllers can be written, read and compared with this package .
- PG COUPLING
- Used for data exchange between different programming devices.
- SYMBOLIC EDITOR
- This package is used to create the assignment list; Addresses are assigned to symbolic operands in it.
Additional packages
- Graph 5
- With the Graph 5 package, sequence controls can be implemented that are written in sequence diagrams .
- PG-NET
- With this package, the STEP 5 software becomes network-compatible. User programs can be stored centrally on a server.
- KOMDOK
- Used to create program documentation.
Origin of the term
STEP is a shortcut here and stands for ST euerungen E asy P rogrammieren.
history
| version | Released on | supported operating system | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1979 | Delivered on the PG 630, it was used to program S5-030, S5-110, S5-130 using a single-line display; it only supported bit commands | |
| 1.1 | PG 702 | ||
| 1.4 | PG 605U, PG 615 | ||
| 2.0 | CP / M-86 V2.0 | PG 675 | |
| 2.2 | CP / M-86 V2.0 | PG 675 | |
| 3.0 | CP / M-86 V2.1 | PG 685 | |
| 3.2 | CP / M-86 V2.1 | Version can run on programming devices (PG) from Siemens under the Personal CP / M-86 operating system (PG 685 - V2.1 / 1 or PG 750/770 - V2.0 / 5e) | |
| 6.3 | 1992 | MS-DOS 5.0 | PG 750 |
| 6.5 | August 30, 1996 | MS-DOS 5.0 | With new functions and optimization measures. The software was now also available in a Cyrillic version. |
| 6.6 | Windows 95 | The software ran under Windows 95 in a DOS box. | |
| 7.0 | August 19, 1997 | Supplemented with a number of new features. | |
| 7.02 | Windows 98 | ||
| 7.1 | July 13, 1999 | Windows NT SP3 | |
| 7.14 | Windows 2000 | ||
| 7.15 | Windows ME | ||
| 7.17 | Small improvements in the software. | ||
| 7.2 | February 19, 2002 | Windows XP SP1 | |
| 7.23 HF1 | August 12, 2004 | Windows XP SP3 | This version, which is still available today, is the current and probably the last one. It can run under all Microsoft Windows operating system versions from 95 to XP including Service Pack 3. The software contains the languages German, English, French, Italian and Spanish. |
| 7.23 HF2 | November 10, 2016 | Windows 7
Windows 10 |
Windows 7 exclusively in a special runtime environment on the Siemens Field-PG M5 and Windows 10 exclusively in a special runtime environment on the Siemens Field-PG M6. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Operating manual STEP 5 software. In: support.industry.siemens. Siemens AG, accessed on December 29, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Operating instructions programming device PG630C
- ↑ SIMATIC S5 - basic package STEP5 - manual (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Hotfix 1 for STEP 5 V7.23
- ↑ Delivery release for SIMATIC Field PG M5 with S5 support
- ↑ SIMATIC Field PG M6. Accessed January 31, 2019 .
literature
- Hans Berger: Automation with SIMATIC. 2nd revised and expanded edition. 2003.
- Hans Berger: Automation with SIMATIC S5-115U. 6th edition. Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89578-048-0 .
- Hans Berger: Automation with SIMATIC S5-135U. 3. Edition. Munich 1989, ISBN 3-8009-1537-5 .
- Siemens AG: Automation systems SIMATIC S5. Nuremberg 1998, Siemens order no. E86060-K4650-A111-A7.
- Matthias Habermann, Torsten Weiß: STEP 5 crash course: PLC programming and simulation for users. 4th edition. VDE-Verlag, Berlin / Offenbach 2005, ISBN 3-8007-2864-8 .